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Smoking Black Eggs in Japan
Jul 29, 2010
Steam shoots out of the earth and the sound of furious bubbling travels through the air. Here, only a few hours from Tokyo, this fierce, smoking whirlpool is…
Category: Asia
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright – How and Where to Find You
Jul 04, 2010
“We’ve been here all week,” say the first couple we meet in Sawai Madhopur, when we ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind.
Hot Springs for Stressed Monkeys, Japan
May 07, 2010
Japan has no shortage ofonsen, natural hot springs where people dip in and out of skin-scalding pools in order to soak, scrub and just relax and say ahhhhh.
Yet in Jigokudani Yaenkoen, macaque monkeys got there first.
Moody Monkeys
Mar 13, 2010
Sawai Madhopur is a small town on the edge of Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, a base for tiger safaris.
Both in and outside the park, however, monkeys roam freely…
A Cool Photo – Miya Jima
Mar 04, 2010
I’m playing with experimenting with technology today at Inside the Travel Lab. So here’s a cool photo from the island of Miya Jima (Shrine Island) in Japan to keep you entertained while I meddle with connections to Inside the Travel Lab’s Facebook Page. Back soon…
Folding Prayers in Japan
Nov 20, 2009
Across Japan, amidst the crowds or within the privacy of solitude, people read their fortunes and say their prayers. Depending on whether they like what they read, they tie the paper in neat knots outside the temple.
Ransom – A Travel Book on Japan
Nov 16, 2009
As a thriller, I enjoyed this book almost until its conclusion, however as a travelogue I loved it all the way through.
Tracking Panda Bears in China
Oct 20, 2009
With only 2000 pandas left on the planet, they can be tricky to track down. In Chengdu
Hiroshima Today
Aug 06, 2009
As the sleek shinkansen train slid into Hiroshima station, I admit I felt nervous. Yet for all the studies and reports, I was still unprepared for what I saw.
Wild Swans – Jung Chang
May 13, 2009
Without a doubt, Wild Swans influenced my travels more than any other book. Detailed, intense and unflinching, it tells the story of girls with bound feet, Mao’s revolution and the famines and doctrines…
Tigers are not the only fruit…
Apr 25, 2009
With only 4000 left on the planet – a tiger obsession seeps through travellers shivering in safari jeeps
Old Memories of Saudi
Mar 19, 2009
I see my mother,through falling leaves of disjointed flashbacks, as a swirl of black-liquorice fabric. I taste the chlorine and smell the rubber arm-bands from learning to…
